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The World Hitler Never Made
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Paper tigers chastened and tamed by pundits
Power in Print
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You're so glam... you just don't know it
Universities take so little interest in their pop alumni that many are unaware of the stars who passed through their institutions. Times Higher research shows that some of the most famous musicians...
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Dissatisfied staff plan exodus
Almost a quarter of employees hope to move jobs within a year, fuelling fears over recruitment. Tony Tysome reports Almost a quarter of university staff plan to leave their current employer in the...
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'Funding bodies now take this seriously rather than seeing it as a fluffy thing'
Winning the Kohn Award is testament to Kathy Sykes's ongoing interest in talking to the public about science Just over a decade ago, Kathy Sykes felt she had to abandon an academic career as a...
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On the move...
* Kingston University has appointed Donald Beaton , former human resources director at Warwick University, as university secretary and secretary to the governing body. * Chung Qing Li , senior...
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Cash boost may raise pay hopes
Between 2003-04 and 2010-11 the income of English universities will increase by 39 per cent from £13.9 billion to £19.1 billion The revenue of Russell Group universities will increase by 39 per cent...
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V-cs, Muslim leaders meet PM
Tony Blair has personally intervened in the battle to rid campuses of Muslim extremists, with universities invited to a meeting with Muslim community leaders at 10 Downing Street, writes Claire...
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Bushy eyebrows, a gorilla suit and a busty student
A Campus Conspiracy' s publisher makes explicit that St Sebastian University does not exist. Any resemblance of characters (including the busty daughter of the bra manufacturer) to real people is...
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'Anon' brings campus to book
The blurb on the novel's back cover promises great intrigue: a prominent academic caught in a conspiracy involving sexual harassment, blackmail and fraud, who "uncovers the dark side of the modern...
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Next week
Hello, world Summer's over, the students are coming back. Time to leave the country? We ask academics who have about the pros and cons
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Cambridge still second
British universities have retained their places in the 2006 ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education. The institute's fourth annual ranking again...
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Public health threat
Research affecting public health and the environment is at risk because of cuts facing laboratories funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, unions have warned. Prospect, the...
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Students have to work
An increasing number of students are being forced to seek paid employment during term time and vacations, according to a report published by the National Union of Students and the Trades Union...
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Scotland the great
International students are happier with life and learning in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK, according to an independent report commissioned by the British Council and Scottish Executive. It found...